Johnny and music
Johnny is not just an actor, but also a great musician and everyone should look in those facts about his life. Music was of course his first love. Here a list of all his musical works.-
Bands in his youth
In his early years, Johnny was a member in several Bands. His first band, Flame, he joined 1978, and he went through several other bands as Zaphyre, Bitch, Bad Boys. In 1980 he joined the band "The Kids" to become their lead guitarist. With the Kids he moved to LA, but they broke up in 1984. There are still some records available from the Kids. In 1986 Johnny joins the Rock City Angels. -
Cry Baby
In this movie he does NOT sing. It seems as if, but no. It is just a perfect lip synchro. Only in the car he sings the first few sentences parallel to the radio. -
the Band P
P is a US rockband formed by Johnny Depp and Gibby Haynes in the year 1993. Johnny's 21 Jump Street costar Sal Jenco became the band's drummer, with Depp on vocals and bass, Haynes on lead vocals and Bill Carter on guitar and bass. Their debut album was produced by Andrew Weiss (ex-Henry Rollins Band, currently of Ween) at Oceanway Studios in Los Angeles. In 1995 a whole album is released. -
Music Videos
Johnny appears as an actor in some Music videos, but he never sings by himself, even if it looks as if. There is the music video "Into the great wide open" from Tom Petty and the heartbreakers in 1991, "Its a shame about Ray" from the Lemonheads in 1992 and "That woman got me drinking" from Shane MacGowan in 1994 -
Playing guitar for Oasis
Multiple times Johnny played guitar for the band Oasis. 1995 they recorded the song Fade Away for a help project, one year later he plays slide guitar for Fade In-Out. The album "Be Here Now" is released in 1997, containing that song. -
Producing Extremely Cool
Johnny is executive producer of the Chuck E. Weiss Extremely Cool album, released in 1999 -
A Hollywood affair
November/December 1999 Iggy Pop releases his single Corruption containing the beautiful Song "Hollywood affair", on which Johnny plays guitar and is credited with writing the music. It is also released on the 2001 CD "Hollywood goes wild" -
Iggy Pop concert
December 12th, 1999 Johnny plays the guitar in an Iggy Pop concert in Paris, Vanessa Paradis is singing. -
Chocolat
Johnny plays guitar in the movie Chocolat and on the soundtrack album of it. It is the first and the last song on the CD: Minor Swing and Caravan. -
Vanessa Paradis Songs
Johnny co-wrote the songs of the 2000 published album Bliss: Bliss itself and St. Germain and plays guitar in Firmaman - also he directs the music videos for Pourtant and Que fait la vie in 2001. In the same year he performs at Vanessa's show at the Olympia in Paris the song Fais Pas Ci Fais Pa Ca. -
Sands Theme, Once upon a Time in Mexico
Johnny composes his one theme, the Sands Theme, for the movie Once upon a time in Mexico. I quote the album's cover:
"Written and Produced by Johnny Depp, Bill Carter, Bruce Witkin and Ruth Ellsworth
Performed by Tonto's Giant Nuts" -
Pirates of the Caribbean
You all remember Johnny dancing around the fire and singing "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me" on the island in Pirates of the Caribbean - the Curse of the Black Pearl, don't you? -
Secret Window
Johnny sings a few lines of "Shortnin' Bread" after the credits of the movie Secret Window -
Pirate Ballads & Sea Songs...
Johnny is executive producer of the 2006 released CD "Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys. You can buy the album amazon.com -
Band "the Kids"
even if "the Kids" are a band Johnny was a member of in his youth, they are still playing time by time for the "Sheila Witkin Memorial concert", so in 2006 and 2008. Sheila Witkin was the wife of Bruce Witkin, one of the band members, who also taught him singing for Sweeney Todd. -
Sweeney Todd
Johnny was playing Sweeney Todd in this movie made from a musical and did sing all the songs by himself, after he did some time training with a friend (Bruce Witkin) -
L' incendie
Johnny directed the music video of Vanessa Paradis' single L' incendie of the album Divinidylle.
